Overview
- Paris prosecutors announced five additional detentions in Paris and Seine‑Saint‑Denis, including a man investigators had already targeted using DNA evidence.
- Two earlier suspects, aged 34 and 39, made partial admissions after being stopped at Paris airports as they prepared to fly to Algeria and Mali, and were brought before magistrates.
- The stolen Napoleonic jewels, valued by the museum at about €88 million, have not been recovered and are described as effectively unsellable.
- Interpol and German police released images of the stolen pieces and added them to Interpol’s stolen‑art database, asking the public for information.
- Investigators say the thieves used a truck‑mounted lift to enter the Apollo Gallery during opening hours and fled on two scooters, leaving forensic traces on tools, a display case and a vehicle.